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  Giving the power back to the musicians.
  Giving the music back to the people.
  Right beats might.

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SpiritOfRadio.net

Like the title says, we're interested in, giving the power back to the musicians,
and giving the music back to the people. 

In the US most of the best bands get no radio airplay, despite their desperate efforts. Mediocre music saturates the airwaves, and is falsely listed as "Best & Most Popular" when in fact, it's simply "The Most Marketed."
 
Most of the really talented musicians out there hit the glass ceiling for an unsigned artist, the local, or college radio station. Without proper circulation and with no large scale radio support, these bands struggle against impossible odds to make it. The "lucky" few who do manage to get noticed by a major label are then shuttled into "The Industry" and there they find out the firsthand the information we have on this site. Occasionally (in the rarest of instances) a band is so good, that they slip through the glass ceiling and become a hit despite maintaining their integrity. In these rare cases the recording industry usually makes a concession and signs them anyway, figuring this way at least, they still get most of the money the artist will generate.

The recording Industry has always rewarded the creator of the product with the least amount of the profits directly resulting from that product. This remains true to this day even though the "Industry costs" have gone down, artists make as little now as they did years ago, in most instances, they make less. 

In order to "sign" with most major record labels, you have to sign away most of your rights and the rights to your music, even with the so called protection of ASCAP. (In most cases ASCAP pays your fees back to the Record & Broadcast Industry)

In today's world musicians have no real need for record companies. The technology to record, produce, manufacture and distribute your own music is readily available to musicians. The tools that were once available only the record industry, are now affordable for musicians to rent or purchase.

Because of these mind numbing problems, and seemingly simple solutions we have decided to create a "Commercial" (Class B) FM Radio Station broadcasting to a metropolitan scale area, showcasing almost exclusively, local talent and unsigned bands. In addition, we will eventually make Spiritofradio.net a central resource for musicians to find information on how to create, copyright, sell market and distribute their music WITHOUT giving the lions share of their hard earned money to "The Industry" 

Right now the site is basic, we know, but it's fast and it give the info without taking up all kinds of our time, maybe we'll snazz it up later.

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